Madison County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1031, Norfolk, NE 68702-1031 [email protected] www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nemcgs/ www.nesgs.org/~mcgs Online Library Catalogs for Genealogists Key Genealogical Libraries Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind. (www.acpl.lib.in.us/): The largest genealogical library outside Utah. Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Ala. (www.bham.lib.al.us/): Genealogy and local history collections are strongest for Alabama. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (www.lib.byu.edu/menu.html): Extensive collection of printed resources, 650,000 rolls of microfilm and 2 million microfiches. California State Library-Sutro, San Francisco (www.library.ca.gov/): One of the largest genealogical collections west of Salt Lake City. Dallas Public Library (dallaslibrary.org): The library's genealogy collection consists of 78,000 books, 40,000 rolls of microfilm and 74,700 microfiches. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Washington, DC (dar.library.net): The DAR Library holds more than 150,000 books. Denver Public Library (www.denver.lib.co.us/): The library's Genealogy Collection consists of about 60,000 volumes and 75,000 microforms. Detroit Public Library (www.detroit.lib.mi.us/): The library's Burton Historical Collection contains genealogical materials covering the entire US. Family History Library, Salt Lake City (www.familysearch.org): The largest genealogical library in the world. Houston Public Library—Clayton Library (www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/): Many family histories and county histories, as well as city directories and US federal census records. Library of Congress, Washington, DC (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/): More than 40,000 genealogies and 100,000 local histories. Los Angeles Public Library (catalog.lapl.org/): The Library's History and Genealogy Department has more than 40,000 volumes, including more than 10,000 genealogies. Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Mo. (opac.mcpl.lib.mo.us/): The library's collection of 40,000 titles encompasses genealogies, local and state histories and indexes and abstracts of county records. National Genealogical Society, Arlington, Va. (www.ngsgenealogy.org): The library's 30,000 family history and local history books are complemented by a large manuscript collection, members' ancestral charts, Bible records and family history files. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) (lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/): This catalog lists nearly 500,000 manuscripts held in research libraries, museums, state archives and historical societies located throughout North America. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston (www.NewEnglandAncestors.org): Extensive resources for New England genealogy and beyond. New York Public Library (catnyp.nypl.org/): One of the largest genealogical collections in the country. Newberry Library, Chicago (www.newberry.org: An impressive collection of more than 17,000 genealogies. Seattle Public Library (www.spl.lib.wa.us/): The library's Genealogy Collection contains more than 23,000 books, as well as periodicals, pamphlets and microfilm. State Historical Society of Wisconsin (www.shsw.wisc.edu/library/): The newspaper collection is the second-largest in the US, dating from the 17th century to the present. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland (www.wrhs.org/searchme.htm): The library focuses on source materials for states east of the Mississippi River, but also has major sources for other states. U.S. State Libraries & Historical Societies Alaska State Library http://www.educ.state.ak.us/lam/library.html Arkansas State Library http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/ California State Library—Sacramento http://www.library.ca.gov/ Colorado Historical Society http://www.coloradohistory.org/GlasAccess/ Connecticut Historical Society http://www.chs.org/library/request.htm Connecticut State Library http://www.cslib.org/ Florida State Archives & State Library of Florida http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa.html Georgia Department of Archives and History http://gil.sos.state.ga.us/ Idaho State Library http://www.lili.org/isl/ Illinois State Historical Library http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/ISHLGen.htm Illinois State Library http://www.library.sos.state.il.us/io/io.html It is one of the libraries searchable on Illinet Online. Indiana Historical Society http://www.indianahistory.org/ Indiana State Library http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ Iowa, State Library of http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/ Kansas State Library http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/ Kansas State Historical Society http://lib.wuacc.edu/ Only 5% of the library’s holdings are listed in the online catalog. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/ Under State Library Services, select Public Access Catalog. Louisiana, State Library of http://smt.state.lib.la.us/ Maine State Library http://www.state.me.us/msl/ Maryland Historical Society http://www.mdhs.org/library.html Michigan, Library of http://www.libofmich.lib.mi.us/ Minnesota Historical Society http://www.mnhs.org/library/search/index.html Nebraska State Historical Society http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib- arch/index.htm Nebraska Library Commission http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ Nevada State Library and Archives http://206.194.194.21/ New Hampshire Historical Society http://nhhistory.library.net/ New Hampshire State Library http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/nhupac.html New Jersey State Library http://www.njstatelib.org/cyberdesk/newcat.htm New Mexico State Library http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/ New York State Library http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/xcelsior.htm North Carolina, State Library of http://www.dcr.state.nc.us/ncslhome.htm North Dakota State Library http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/ Ohio Historical Society http://www.ohiohistory.org/ar_tools.html Ohio, State Library of http://winslo.state.oh.us/services/catalog.html Oregon Historical Society http://www.ohs.org/ Oregon State Library http://www.osl.state.or.us/oslhome.html Pennsylvania, State Library of http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/Libstate.htm South Carolina Historical Society http://www.schistory.org/ Under Online catalogs, select Genealogies or Manuscripts. South Carolina State Library http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/lion.html South Dakota State Archives http://www.sdln.net/ South Dakota State Library http://www.state.sd.us/state/executive/deca/st_lib/st_lib.htm Tennessee State Library & Archives http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm Texas State Library & Archives Commission http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/catalog/index.html Vermont State Archives & Vermont Historical Society http://vermont-archives.org/ The online catalog shows only a small percentage of the holdings of the State Archives and Historical Society. Virginia Historical Society http://vhs3.vahistorical.org/Welcome2.html Virginia, Library of http://www.lva.lib.va.us/sb/catalogs/index.htm Washington State Library http://www.statelib.wa.gov/ Wisconsin, State Historical Society of http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/library/index.html Wyoming State Library http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/ Ethnic Collections—A Sampling (Chinese) C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indexes/clio.html (French Canadian) Bibliothèque de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Select Catalogue Merlin. http://www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biblio/ (German) Joseph Horner Memorial Library, German Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. http://gsp.library.net/ (Germans from Russia) North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D. http://www.pals.msus.edu/webpals/ (Hispanic) Rio Grande Valley Library System, Albuquerque, N.M. http://www.cabq.gov/rgvls/ (Irish) Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. http://www.macalester.edu/~library/catalogs/ (Jewish) Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y. http://www.yu.edu/libraries/yulis.htm (Native American) Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. http://www-lib.ou.edu/depts/west/library.htm (Norwegian) Ylvisaker Library, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. http://www.pals.msus.edu/webpals/ Courtesy of http://www.onelibrary.com/findbooks/libcats.htm .